Man, I love living on the West Coast! With weather in the mid 80’s, who cares about a little earthquake here and there? Anyhow, instead of rubbing it in with words, check out the pictures from Saturday’s ride: Singletrack baby! RL: The myth Nothing but blue skies! RL, Joe Martinez and Priscilla Me, still riding…
Month: March 2008
Happy Easter Everyone!
I recently purchased some new mountain biking shoes from Pricepoint.com. Yes I actually bought them…we don’t get everything for free! Sette Excel MTB Shoes Specs: Sette Excel MTB Shoe – Enhanced Riding Performance The Sette Excel MTB Shoe is a lightweight shoe that provides riders with enhanced riding performance. Made rugged for MTB use where…
While I worked at a LBS, there were tons of talk that one could essentially use shifter housing for their mechanical disc brakes to make it feel more like hydraulic brakes. You see, sometimes when you’re grabbing for some brakes on a mech set, your hands and arms tend to get tired because you’re applying…
eXotic Carbon rigid fork Today was a beautiful morning to put in some mountain biking time on the recently installed eXotic carbon 29er fork. I went to my nearby trail while it was still dark and put in a slow paced 8 miles. Carbon weave… oh so pretty It’s funny because my body seemed to…
Some of us out there either 1) don’t want to pay $100 for a pair of sunglasses or 2) have disfigured faces. Lucky me, I fit both of those categories! Well, actually the bridge of my nose protrudes a lot more than a normal person’s(that or my eyes are sunken into my skull) so mainstream…
RL thought I should share my dream. I woke up this morning because of a knock at my bedroom door. And I had the worst sinking feeling. I don’t always remember my dreams but being that I was in the middle of it, it was very fresh in my mind. I had this dream that…
Well, the new year is in full swing and the ’08 stuff is here! Took a short 4 mile loop yesterday, just to get friendly and familiar with the Ignition 3. Jeremy and I will be testing out this bike. It’s a medium and came in the beautiful “Emerald Sand” color. Marzocchi MX Lockout The…
One of the oldest breweries in Germany is Spaten. Rich with history and over 600 years of brewing experience, it began in 1397 but wasn’t officially named Spaten until 1622, when it was owned by the Spatt family(for 80+ years). Spaten has lent it’s financial support to inventions such as the first steam engine in…
A Bicycle Bell is a must on every mountain bike out there! I’ve got one of these bad boys installed on my single speed Sette Reken. Basically I needed a bell and I was also feenin’ to thumb some shifters…so I mounted my bell upside down on the right side to give me my fix…